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General Category => Everything Else => Topic started by: Heno on August 08, 2015, 04:29:45 PM
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so, just thinking, and thinking. i had a 3 hour long return trip in the car for a meeting.
last night i was listening to viv white a JS doing freeworld and 225 and set about creating a short playlist for the trip. its a subset of a 187 song playlist i created in 2007. no songs released by anyone since then are included. but it does include my favs ever songs with no exception apart from the bowie and floyd stuff.
starting with freeworld because it is such a homage to an attitude that confronted the ruling class at a time when to do so was sacrilegious and allowed them to demonise everything humanity stands for
then 225. just resonates.
it then went
you weren't there - because you weren't but so many of us have been "there" and that should be respected. always. experience is lost. its the most valuable thing we have. it is the secret sauce of a better future yet corporations are spilling it everywhere for profits. pricks
better than them - i remember deck telling me that this was about sick opinionated fuckers who want to be elitist in a cesspool mocking their peers for their own satisfaction. i used to sing it with such enthusiasm that deck thought i was being elitist. i just like the chorus. because you know, us people are better than them, if them are "them" are people who inflict the consequence of their ambitions on others
orange tree roads - for cliff
fate - stunning beyond imagination
someone like jesus - well, the corner in our lives are not just a corner
flying through the smoke - best song to start a gig ever.
i love the world - because i obviously do. why else would i still be here?
stupid questions - well?
white coats - well what?
here comes the war - well there you have it.
snelsmore wood - to standout on the album with the best 4 songs to start an album ever. must have
green and grey - cork, arches, nma. andh asthma, and jules and mary and drumsticks
51st state - the whole world is the 51st state......
but, coz, if they truly are bad people, if they are truly not nice, and if they truly identify people susceptible to the extraordinary powers they possess as psychopaths, then we should get the bastards every time
and after all and in light to the troubles of the world and their causes in the preceding stunning social commentary in these songs, then, how could i not finish it all off with vengeance
arm out the window, fist in the air, slappin' the thigh, and givin' it loads
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F-ing hell, Heno, that's a deep post!
I will respond after gathering some long-since scattered thoughts... :-[
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wasn't really fishing for replies or debate to be honest ray
just thought i'd share the fact that i am alive, i am aware, and i love nma
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Really enjoyed reading it, mate!
On a much simpler note, think you might make it to any of the UK gigs this year?
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Beautiful stuff my friend :-*
arm out the window, fist in the air, slappin' the thigh, and givin' it loads
All the time baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8) 8) ;D ;D 8) 8)
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Love it!! Every song is a symbol for something for everyone!!
Kudos Heno
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and then my dear friends we must take a detour
stiff little fingers - it doesn't make it allfuckingright
https://youtu.be/WSfI4JsY9s0 (https://youtu.be/WSfI4JsY9s0)
stick with it, theres a point
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well there was a point
but nothing other than
being in the same room as all of you listening to some cool songs
agitating music
music with a purpose
music that means something
music that says something
real music
lori meyers - nofx
https://youtu.be/Ie7y2C3Slf4 (https://youtu.be/Ie7y2C3Slf4)
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like
whats new
transmission
needless to say by whom
'nuff said
https://youtu.be/6dBt3mJtgJc (https://youtu.be/6dBt3mJtgJc)
dance dance dance dance dance
what the **** is a radio anymore
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Alkaline Trio have some thing to say about 'radios'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2qerZ8KOrU
;)
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I take it your back on the DEVILS BIT
;)
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lol
cheeky fuck
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Ok I'm only going to do love of hopeless causes for now
Here comes the war - will it ever stop coming
Fate - Lifes opportunities, twists and turns
Living in the rose - Passionate with a warning
White light - Don't fear death maybe its a better place
Believe it - Despair, relationships gone wrong, life with the ex lol
Understand u - Why can't people get me I'm not that different
My people - Family be they blood or tribe
These words - the unsaid things in life as you get older
Afternoon song - A beach walk with a loved one
Bad old world - Escape, hope
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Today Is A Good Day – With unreal synchronicity taught me the most important lesson I ever learned. A lifesaver.
225 – None of us did ask for this did we? Not out there in the Big Blue or in here in the dark.
Here Come The War – Sadly a seemingly endless and inevitable part of the human condition.
Western Dreams – Lies, schemes and false dreams. That's what I got taught and sold when growing up.
All Consuming Fire – Why can't the others see this? We've been heading there for years now yet we're hitting the accelerator harder.
Get Me Out – Screamed it so many times. But we can't get out can we.
R&R - Banality, boredom. Lowest common denominator and still they wear blinkers. Sometimes I'd willingly do a Rip Van Winkle.
Bloodsports – That's their world, not mine. It's not done in my name.
Family Life – Seen enough lives ruined by what was done to them. Heartbreaking. I give thanks that mine wasn't.
If You Can't Save Me - An internal conversation that lasted 40 years.
No Rest – What did I do? What did any of us do?
One Bullet – I'm scared that yes I do still keep one.
Dawn – Twice I've felt the joy of this sunrise. That's the definition of grateful.
No Pain – Spent years hoping the scars will heal. Reckon I'm nearly there.
Falling – It's not my fault is it? Just the cards I got dealt. Can't be helped. Is what it is.
Guessing – Devils behind me but for sure there are others waiting to say hello
Stormclouds – Good? Bad ? Who knows? It's keeping going that matters.
No Greater Love – Keep going and maybe this is where you end up. I did.
Vengeance – The thunder. I still believe.
Changing Of The Light – The Consolation. My seeds came good. Liebe dich Capara x
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Totally love your post Anna, very inspiring , wise words indeed much respect sister
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Gonna bump this one because a couple of fine tracks have been catching my attention lately and kind of strike a chord...
Firstly, Modern Times. Always a favourite... but I've been making the effort to reconnect with old pals lately and had a few meets with friends from back in the day, friends who used to go mental at gigs or whatever together and REALLY believe in what we really wanted to truly do with our lives... and now they can barely remember those times and are so dismissive of their old dreams... I have no problem with people 'growing up' because obviously their family are more important than any bloody band... but the way they can't even remember the passion that they used to feel or even acknowledge that it was once important to them..? :-\
Well, some of us made an easy peace and moved into the brave new world... it's hard for the true believers to look back now and realize that for many of the crowd it was just the fashion, the cause of the moment, well, we if anyone should know that you can look pretty dumb standing in last year's clothes...
And, on a similar note, 'March In September'. Feels rather personal to me right now on a similar but slightly divergent note... I was thinking about my old relationships and then on the new... and, in the 'real world', I'm struggling a bit to make new connections... just a bit sick of people right now, too many 'users' out there, people who get what they can out of you and then disassociate themselves from you when you've got nothing more to give. Probably why I spend so much time talking to the fine folks of this Forum...
'You tried to make family... but nothing was given... so you gave them your own blood... all of it stolen...'
Ooof. That's a depressing post! Sorry. I've imbibed a few large brandies and also have a broken toe, so I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself. ;) But I think this thread is one worth re-igniting... so what NMA tune is striking a chord with you right now?
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A few clouds of melancholy gathered in your place last night MR ? :-* This thread must have been a few pages down the list - you're a brave soul venturing into that dark long history, I dread to think whats buried in those 35 pages....................... ;D
Some interesting thoughts in that glass of good cheer though, I sometimes wonder if growing up actually means shutting down and maybe we have to so we can keep going down our path. and perhaps it's easier if we negate what we felt at another age, Could be a choice we make or it could be that we only have a certain amount of energy/emotion to share out which compels us to filter out and discard things. Having said that it's something I have noticed too and often there's a glint of resentment in the eyes that hints at the fact that inside the passion still exists somewehere and they feel uncomfortable with someone else obviously still feeling "the force" (honestly - I never really liked Star Wars ;) ) Not many people like being shown what they have lost. Mind you they could be right and it's just about time we bloody well grew up ;D
Connecting in the real world does seem to get more difficult. I think as a society we are so much more fractured than we used to be, common bonds and ties just aren't there so much anymore. Coupled with the push for all of us to "improve", "get on" and "advance" in a world which places pre-eminence of the individual above all else makes for a nasty cauldron of self interest, gratification and taking what we can get from wherever, whenever, whoever. It could partly be an age thing too. It was easier to meet other people when we were all young "gad about town" types and when we get to be proper oldies there seems to be more provision for socialising, meeting othere stc. Perhaps we're just stuck in no mans land at the moment. On the other hand perhaps Crewe is just populated by horrible people or that it's just you ;D (you know I love ya baby :-*)
Devils Bargain has become a good aural mirror lately. Lots of individual line have resonance but it's more about the feel of the music with this one - it touches something inside that I can't quite put my finger on and to be honest I don't want too. It's enough that it does.
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I tried ' growing up' once n didn't really like it . What does it all mean anyway, yes I long for that sense of freedom and I take it when I can , sure I need to keep on top of the mundane responsibilitys , rent, bills n work etc. The kids have grown up and though I still love them as much as ever its there time to stand on their own two feet and my time to do more of me. I don't think I'm being selfish, I would give them everything if they needed it. Anthea is 30 this year and whilst most of were enjoying a wild youth, I had my ties , sure I wouldn't swap but now is chance to be more me the me I am now. Is there a song that fits this ?
With tomorrow being mothers day, no pain is playing in my head and my heart, I won't go into the deep meaning but its something that was said near the end
Ok I'm going depress myself and I want to love the world
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......... Is there a song that fits this ?
Maybe Happy To Be Here, or perhaps Autumn?
Hope the scars fade for you one day brother :-*
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Thanks Anna
Think I'm feeling tree's in winter today, after my walk through the local woods then again that's the time I think most clearly
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BUMPING this one, seeing as there's a new album out... what new tracks are getting into your noggin right now?
'Beginning' is striking a chord right now...
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